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Super Hero with William A. Horton
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Here is to NEW beginnings!
BE PREPARED TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE…
“Therefore, If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation, old things have passed away behold all things have become new” (2 Cor. 5:17).
The renewed man acts upon new principles, by new rules, with new ends, and in new company. The believer is created anew; his heart is not merely set right, but a new heart is given to him. But sometimes you have to crash and burn first…
Evil Knievel attempted more than 75 ramp to ramp jumps in his life time. A failed jump over Snake River Canyon left him with 433 broken bones. He had to crash and burn to become what most people call one of the greatest American Icons. In the Silicon Valley fortune 500 companies won’t hire you until you have lost a million dollars first. Why you may ask? They want to see what you do after you crash and burn… Our lives are full of testimonies but until we come to Christ we do not see them as such. Like the Phoenix that rises from the ashes we are also new creations in Christ and everything that we go through is the uncomfortable things that we need to grow closer to God.
BE PREPARED TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE!
If you want to grow you better be prepared to live outside your comfort zone…
“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (Matt. 16:24).
The cross that Jesus was hung on weighed over 400 pounds to be on the conservative side. Jesus told us to deny ourselves and carry that cross… Talk about out of your comfort zone. Anyone that has lifted weights knows that after a few reps of shoulder presses you feel the burn, but it is not until you push past that burn that you get to the next level. Sometimes crashing and burning draws you closer to God.
So… “Let us not grow tired of doing what is right, for after a while you will reap a harvest of blessings if you don’t get discouraged and give up” (Gal. 6:9).
So when you crash and burn and feel uncomfortable remember that you are a new creation, and diamonds are forged out of pressure… Metals are forged in the fire 🔥
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28).
This includes the crash and burns of life!
BUT IN THE END BEAUTIFUL THINGS COME FROM THAT PRESSURE AND FORGING!
Humble yet Hungry
“God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourself under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time” (1 Peter 5:6).
There is something about being humble yet hungry… We should be happy with where we are but not content to stay there. Humble that God has brought us this far but we should also realize that God has so much more for us than just this…
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” (Eph. 3:20)
God wants to do more than you are I can think or imagine in our lives, and let’s be honest we can all think of great things we would want to happen in our lives. But the kicker is that we have to stay humble… you have to have your heart in the right place and your motives have to be true…
“And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong–you want only what will give you pleasure” (James 4:3)
So to stay humble yet hungry is the key!
We are not static in our nature we are dynamic and always changing. You will wake up tomorrow and you will be a little different than you were the day before. Soon your tomorrow becomes your yesterday that shapes your future, and what did you do with it?
Are you Humble yet Hungry?
God resists the proud because they have no room for Him in their lives, you or I would not be alive without God first. He knew us before we were knitted together in our mother’s womb and He has a plan for us to prosper, but are we to proud to give Him time.
“…Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.” (James 4:4)
So if you want to be proud and fed by the worlds standards you make yourself an enemy of God, but if you stay HUMBLE YET HUNGRY God will feed you with the living bread and water.
Don’t be satisfied to stay where you are in your relationship with God but be Humble enough to know that God has you VERY best interest at heart.
STAY HUMBLE YET HUNGRY!
We need a Savoir
Let’s be honest in the world today people see right and wrong in totally different ways. There is slowly becoming no absolute truths. Know one wants to be wrong and every ones opinions count and matter…which I respect in some ways but there is an absolute truth that is still alive today in our beliefs that God lays out for us in the Bible. We are not people that make mistakes in need of correction.We are sinners in need of a Savior.We need more than a second chance.We need a Savoir!
William A Horton
Dr. William A. Horton 